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William Harry Couey, of Trenton, pleaded guilty on June 5 to a traffic citation of failing to have brakes on a trailer in connection with a March 9 traffic accident that left him and two children hospitalized and a woman dead.

The Levy County Commission set its first budget workshop for July 2 to hear requests for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, but County Clerk Danny Shipp broke out of the gate Tuesday with a request for $200,000 to rewire the courthouse for more modern computers.

A 65-year-old Raiford woman died on Saturday, June 15, while swimming with family at Bob’s River Place off of Northeast Highway 340 in Old Town.

According to witnesses, the victim was swimming at the recreational area when she walked out onto the floating dock and jumped into the river. When she didn’t resurface after several minutes, a family member jumped into the river and located the victim at which point he pulled her to the bank.